The DSpace SWORD implementation has been written as an ‘add-on’ to DSpace making use of the new modular build system introduced in DSpace version 1.5. This allows the SWORD module to be installed with ease alongside a current DSpace installation. Once installed, it uses the generic Java server implementation of SWORD, and interfaces this with DSpace. Out-of-the-box, it supports the use of zipped METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard) packages (zip files), with a METS manifest containing SWAP encoded metadata. Due to the hierarchical community and collection structure used by DSpace, responses to service document requests are easy to collate. Any collection that a user can deposit to within DSpace is included in the list of collections returned to the user in the service document. As each collection within DSpace has its own licence, this is used in the SWORD collection policy of each collection. Deposited packages are ingested into DSpace via the METS plugin, with the SWAP metadata converted (crosswalked) into DSpace’s intermediate, XML-based metadata encoding ‘DIM’ [19]. This is then ingested into DSpace, along with any files in the package. Authentication is delegated to DSpace, which then uses its configured authentication mechanism, for example LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), or its in-built password system.